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San Bruno: Prosecutors target PG&E record-keeping flaws linked to blast

2016-01-13 08:24:36| Energy - Topix.net

PG&E executives resisted efforts to reform the flawed record-keeping that was a key cause of a fatal explosion in San Bruno, according to a witness that federal prosecutors intend to present at a criminal trial for PG&E that's linked to the disaster. "It troubles us very much to see that there was this push-back from PG&E executives, and it shows that there continues to be a culture of business as usual at PG&E and prioritization of profits over safety," said Connie Jackson, San Bruno's city manager.

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In a first, China prosecutors sue environmental department

2015-12-21 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Prosecutors in eastern China have filed a lawsuit against a county-level environmental protection department, accusing it of "failing to fulfil its regulatory duties" in its supervision of a local sewage firm, China's top prosecutor said on Monday. China's Supreme People's Procuratorate said the lawsuit filed by prosecutors in eastern Shandong province last week marked the first time prosecutors had sued a government department in a public interest case. "This is the country's first administrative...

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Bosch role in VW diesel scandal reviewed by German prosecutors

2015-12-15 23:15:40| Automakers - Topix.net

Prosecutors in Stuttgart said they are investigating whether Robert Bosch GmbH employees helped Volkswagen AG rig software to cheat on emissions tests. The probe is looking at corporate staff at the car-parts maker, which provided VW with the software, but no suspects have been identified, Claudia Krauth, spokeswoman for Stuttgart prosecutors, said in an interview today.

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Prosecutors move to forfeit $900K seized from Uniontown auto dealer

2015-10-13 23:56:10| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Federal prosecutors today moved to forfeit more than $900,000 from a Uniontown used-car dealer under investigation on suspicion of operating a drug ring and using the business for cocaine transactions. The money had been seized from Joseph Croftcheck, owner of Croftcheck Auto Sales, during a May 5 raid by the FBI on his house in Hopwood, after which he filed a claim to get it back.

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